A revision of dragon millipedes II: the new genus Nagaxytes gen. nov., with the description of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)
Author
Ruttapon Srisonchai
Author
Henrik Enghoff
Author
Natdanai Likhitrakarn
Author
Somsak Panha
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-09-25
462
1
44
journal article
28899
10.5852/ejt.2018.462
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Key to species of
Nagaxytes
gen. nov. (based mainly on males)
1. Gonopod with lamina lateralis long (e.g.,
Figs 15B
,
16C
,
20B
,
21C
), or with lobe (e.g.,
Figs 25B
,
26C
) .................................................................................................................................................. 2
– Lamina lateralis short, swollen, stout, compact, without lobe (e.g.,
Figs 9B
,
10C, F
) ....................... .................................................
N. acantherpestes
(
Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994
)
gen. et comb. nov.
2. Body length
22–26 mm
in male,
24–28 mm
in female. Lamina lateralis with a curved, long, spatulate lobe (
Figs 25–26
); solenomere terminating in two curved processes (
Figs 25B
,
26E
) ...................... ....................................................................
N. spatula
Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha
gen. et sp. nov.
– Body length
30–36 mm
in male,
35–38 mm
in female. Lamina lateralis without spatulate lobe; solenomere terminating in one process (e.g.,
Figs 15D
,
16D
,
20D
,
21D
) ........................................ 3
3. Metaterga 4–19 with conspicuous anterior row of tubercles/cones/spines (
Fig. 13A–C
). Sternal lobe between male coxae 4 subtrapeziform (
Fig. 14J
). Lamina lateralis erect, digitiform, thick, tip directed anteriad (
Figs 15B–D
,
16C, E–F
) ...................
N. erecta
Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha
gen. et sp. nov.
– Metaterga 4–19 without anterior row of tubercles/cones/spines (
Fig. 18A–C
). Sternal lobe between male coxae 4 not subtrapeziform, incompletely bilobed, tip deeply emarginate (
Fig. 19J
). Lamina lateralis lamella-like, curved, broad, thin, tip directed mesoventrad (
Figs 20B–D
,
21C–F
) .............. ....................................................................
N. gracilis
Srisonchai, Enghoff & Panha
gen. et sp. nov.